Fastener



FASTENER III...`

Filed March l, 1924 INVENTOR.

Z'Zasfz' ATTO EY.

Patented Sept. 13, 1927.

UNITED 'STATES .HENRY T. EASTIN, F KINGSTON, MISSOURI.

FASTENER.

Application `filed March 1, 1924. Serial No. 696,295.

This invention relates to an improved belt which may be used for supporting trousers,

a skirt or for any other similar purpose and one object of the invention is to provide abelt which may be supported within the trousers and form the upper end thereof and serve not only as means for supporting the trousers but also serve as means for engaging a shirt and prevent it from moving upwardly. p

Another object of the invention is to provide the belt with improved means for engaging the upper edge portion of the trou-k sers and permit of the body portion of the belt being positioned-beneath the upper edge portion of the trousers where it will be concealed from view.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved buckle for releasably connecting the end portions of the webbingwhich forms the body of the belt and permit of adjustment so that the belt will be of the desired length to properly encircle the waist of the user.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this buckle that the two portions thereof may be easily and quickly moved into or out of engagement with each other and prevented from accidentally moving out of engagement with each other.

This improved belt is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved waist belt.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through a portion of the belt,

Fig. 3 is a Verticaltransverse section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, and

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the metal strips employed and hereinafter specifically referred to.

This improved belt is provided with a body portion 1 formed of a strip of fabric or of any suitable flexible material. This strip will be of a suitable length to permit of a belt of a. desired size being formed and has one end portion connected with the hook portion 2 of a buckle and its other end portion connected with the eye or socket portion 3 of a buckle. The hook portion 2 is provided with a slot 4 so that the belt forming strip may be passed through this slot and then carried back upon the belt and secured by stitching or other suitable fastenr ing means. The eye or socket portion 3 of the buckle is provided with a body forming plate having a center slot 5 and forward and rear slots 6 and 7. It will therefore be noted that the strip of fabric formingV the bod of the belt may be passed through the slot and thencarried forwardly across the plate.

and through the slot 6 and then carried rearwardly and after being passed through the slot 5 projected through the slot 7. Ilia strip will therefore be prevented from vbeing readily pulled through the slots and in fact this arrangement will produce a biting action between the belt forming strip andthe plate the edges of the slots 5,.-6 and 7. An arm 8 extends forwardly from the solid plate 3 and is provided with a slot 9 to re` ceive a tongue 10 which projects fromthe plate 2. It should be noted that the portion of the arm 8 between the slot 9 and the free end of this arm has been odset and that the tongue or vbill 10 isfbent intermediate its length to provide an offset portion 11. Therefore, when the tongue is passed through the slot 9 the .offset portion 11 will be positionedin the slot 9 and the inner end portion of this tongue will be positioned in the seat 12 formed by the offsetting of the arm 8. When the two portions of the ,buckle are connected the tongue is passed inwardly through the slot 9 and has itsfree end portion engaging the inner face of the pla-te 3 and as the normal pressure would be outwardly the two sections of the buckle will be securely held in engagement with each other and will not be liable to become disconnected.

In order to connect the belt with the trousers and retain the belt in the desired position beneath the upper edge of the trousers there has been provided a plurality of arms 13 which are disposed in spaced relation about the belt and will preferably have one located at each side, two in front and two in back. Each of these arms is provided with a metal strip 14 which has its upper end portion bent to provide a head 15 which forms the body of a clamp. A spring strip 16, which is U-shaped, is positioned in this bent over clamp forming body 15 and may be moved into clamping engagement with the upper edge portion of the trousers 17 by means of an actuating lever 18. Intermediate its length the metal strip 14 has been provided with side arms 19 and in this widened portion of the strip there has been provided a slot 20. A strip 21, which is formed preferably of the same type of material as the belt 1 but may be formed of any flexible material7 is passed through the slot 2O and has its end portions carried downwardly, one terminating in spaced relation to the lower end of the strip 14 and the other being of greater length and turned upwardly over the lower edge of this strip 14 with its free end portion overlapping the free end of the strip and secured to it. The strip 14 will therefore be enclosed in a casing so that stitches may be passed through the fabric strip which forms the casing and through the strip of fabric forming the body of the belt. The trousers engaging arms may therefore be firmly secured to the belt and when the upper edge portion of the trousers are secured in the clamps 15 the belt will be securely connected with the trousers and will be retained at the desired distance beneath the upper edge of the trousers. This will further serve to keep the upper edge portions of the trousers from having a tendency to wrinkle and will therefore provide a very good appearance when the device is in use.

lVhen the device is in use, the belt will be placed within the trousers and the clamps 15 will be brought into gripping engagement with the upper edge portion of the trousers. The belt will, of course, rst be adjusted through the slots 5, 6 and 7 of the plate 3 so that t-he belt will be of the proper length. In securing the belt the tongue 10 is passed through the slot 9 and the natural expansion will cause this tongue to be firmly held in place. As previously explained the belt will not only serve t0 support the trousers in a very efficient manner but in addition will serve as means for encircling the shirt and preventing the shirt from moving upwardly. There has,y therefore, been provided a belt which will be very effective in operation and can be very easily and quickly put in place or removed but will be securely held fastened.

lNhat is claimed is A belt buckle comprising a frame having a flat body provided with openings for adjustably receiving an end portion. of the belt, said body being provided at its edge with spaced arms, said arms lying-in the same lplane as that in which the body lies, a seat portion bridging the space between the arms and joined therewith, said seat portion being disposed out of the plane of the body and having one side surface lying in the same 1plane as that in which one side Surface of the body lies, and a tongue member comprising a body portion having an opening adapted to receive the other end of the belt and having at its edge a tongue provided with inner and outer portions7 said portions being offset with relation to each other and having surfaces lying in the same plane, Said tongue portion adapted to be inserted in the space between the arms of the first mentioned body portion and the extremity thereof adapted to pass under the first mentioned body portion and abut against the inner edge of the seat thereof.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

HENRY T. EASTIN. 

